C6 - Sunday News, fuly 12, 1981 "hes ‘ RECEIVING CHEQUE for $1332 on behalf of the North Shore Association for the Mentally Handicapped is (left) Claire Abercrombie. The money was raised at the Rollerthon °81, sponsored by the 7-Eleven Food Stores and Stardust Skating Centres. Bounie Burnside from Stardust and Grant Richards from 7-Eleven presented the cheque. Moncey also went to the Surrey and Vancouver-Richmond associations for the mentally retarded. The journal of an urban farmer By ELEANOR GODLEY {Being the continuing adventures of an allotment grower on her rug-size “farm” amid West Van- cuver's highrises}) Sunday, Jane 278: Coming home from the Caribou, and the Budd car whizzes past the farm, so fast there’s only a blurred flash of green Monday, Jane 29: Un pack, rush down for a long loving look. Love ts betrayed. The spinach, two and a half inches high, has gone to seed! What anguish. what deception! Who would be a faithful farmer” Tucsday, June 30: Try to get the lowdown on galloping scaoility in spinach family. Recall with painful clanty the Chilcotin garden given to my temporary care peas up to my kaces, radishes big as bects Wedacsday, daly I: Tmumph of Canada Day our on the tonguc Find = the radishes have also capt from the plump) promtisc of adolescence to the withered root: of old age What's happenacd to Mother Nature? You tmnk she’s on to this women's lib thing? Gone to work ina bank’ Thanday, July 2: Draw shght comlon from strength and breadth of broad beans, which arc ocven offering blossoms. aod deserve praise Friday. Daly 3: Blow 98 cent on ncw scceds What the heck thes gardens already got a reputation as the spendthrift's delight. We're back up over an in- vestment of twenty-three dollars again. And it was to be the housewife’s crutch! Saturday, Jaly 4: Plant Swiss Chard. Always hated Swiss Chard. Maybe this is the secret — don't care whether tt comes up or not. And say, can you believe Watch for our Capilano Mall July Clearance 10% Off All Merchandise and Services Don't miss this twice a year event! Western Sidewalk Sale July 16,17 & 18 Pare Gaah St andhias Care + Make ap Arthtry + Desigace Wigs - that place needed WATER? ~ Sanday, July 5: Deposit a bag of compost. The gar- buretor thinks its fuse is blown. Monday, July 6: Forgot to tell you before about the neat httle metal shed that Mr. Woodward sent over to keep tools and stuff in. And we can't even offer fim a radish in return. 980-9419 that painful sunt BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPD - Just the mention of summer brings to mind lazy days at parks and beaches, cookouts, baseball games — and sunburns- The coming of the year’s most leisurely season is a good time to remind sun- worshippers to practise caution and use good old common sense, says 4 dermatologist at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, a famed cancer research facility. Although Dr. Frederick Helm stresses that people should limit the amount of time they spend in the sun, he does not suggest people “lock themselves in their basement all summer.” “Avoid sunburn by all means,” Helm warns, noting that the sun’s ultraviolet rays penetrate clouds, so sunburn is possible even on overcast days. “A tan is just a question of fashion. In the Middie Ages, if you didn't look white, they'd look down on you. “Now, people think if you have a tan you're healthy, but that’s not really the case.” “The time you should spend in the sun depends completely on your com- plexion,” Helm says. “If you're fair and have freckles, you'll get no tan at all.” Helm says there are no generalized rules for sun- bathers and advises “just use your head,” adding that people should not spend hours in the sun in hopes of _ shedding their winter pallor. Avoid the peak burning hours between 10 a.m. and 2 p-m., Helm recommends, and limit the first outing of the season to just 10-minutes of sun exposure for fair- skinned people, 15-minutes for those who are darker. A gradual increase in exposure time dunng each successive outing is also recommended. People with red hair and freckies are more vulnerable to skin vancer, Helm said, because the. :re not as well protected by natural skin pigmentation. Repeated exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays is the main cause of skin cancer — one of the most curable cancers — which occurs in parts of the body which are exposed to the sun. More than 300,000 cases of skin cancer are reported annually, mainly because people notice the problem sooner. “A person can see skin cancer development very early,” Helm said. “For instance, if you have a growthon your nose, you sce it right away. How do you know if you have a growth in your stomach?” Sunscreen and sun- blocking products have been introduced to help people cope with long hours in the sun. Helm said sunblockers are most effective, but if a person chooses to use a sunscreen, it should contain a combination of Ben- zophenone and PABA. PABA, or pare-amino benzioc acid, protect against the sun’s ultraviolet B rays, which pose the greatest risk of sunburn or cancer. “Some of the sunscreen products have to be applied a half hour before you go into the sun,” Helm said. “Another thing is it washes off if you sweat or go swimming, then the problem starts.” So what's a sun- worshipper to do? “Use common = sense,” Helm advises. “Clothes are a much better protection than any sunscreen lotion. But then, who wants to go on the beach wearing a_ long- sleeved shirt and slacks?” “Who would want to bea Sunshine Girl?” More than 400 North Shore girls, that’s who. as Sunshine Girls because they want to become modeis. 5 want to have thetr picture in their community newspaper. h-quality, professional photograph of themselves. Some giris Some gi Some do It to get a hig ¥ Some do it for the money; It’s a paid modellin . ° g assignment. Some do tt because their boyfriends, husbands, or families encourage them to pose as a Sunshine Girl And there are a lot of other reasons, too The Sunshine Girl tn our Sunday and Wednesday Newe ls very ar among readers, advertisers, and the models teers if you're interested in posing as o Sunshine Girl, I'd tthe to hear trom you EBsworth Dickson 1139 Lomadale Ave., North Vancouver 985-2131 sunday & news north shore news